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Protests across Europe as asylum seekers grow increasingly desperate

Demonstrations have been taking place in Greece, Germany and Hungary as the migration crisis cont...
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11.50 1 Sep 2015


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Protests across Europe as asylum seekers grow increasingly desperate

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11.50 1 Sep 2015


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Demonstrations have been taking place in Greece, Germany and Hungary as the migration crisis continues to grow.

Half a million people are trying to cross the Mediterranean from the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia.

They are motivated by conflict, economic and religious difficulties.

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Today, the main train station in Budapest is closed and services have been cancelled after hundreds of asylum seekers tried to transit through the country to western Europe. 

People have been gathering outside chanting "freedom, freedom".

Earlier this week Hungary completed a 175km long border fence aimed at preventing unauthorised entry into the country.

Credit: balázs Vilics on Youtube

Elsewhere, protestors took to the streets in the east German city of Liepzig to voice their unhappiness with government immigration policies.

Germany is taking the biggest groups of immigrants of any EU member state.

In recent days Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on other members to help share the burden.

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And in Greece tensions remain high as people continue to queue in unforgiving heat to be processed.

Asylum seekers have begun demonstrating on the island of Kos. 

Credit: aegeanews on Youtube

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